Pencil holder



J. DANGELO PENCIL HOLDER 7 Sept. 5, 1939.

Filed Dec. 6, 1938 In ventor A iiorneg Patented Sept. 5, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in pencil holders and the principal object in view is to provide a simply constructed, inexpensive device of this character which may be easily, and permanently if desired, attached to the coat, cap, belt, or other wearing apparel of a workman to hold a pencil so that it may be instantly available when desired.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing, and other objects presently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, set forth in detail in the succeeding description, and defined in the claim appended hereto.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a View in side elevation, partly in section, of the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is a view in front elevation drawn to an enlarged scale,

Figure 3 is a view in edge elevation, and

Figure 4 is a view in perspective of the fastener.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, in the illustrated embodiment thereof the holder of my invention comprises a short open coil spring of any suitable resilient wire and of the proper diameter to frictionally grip a pencil 2 extended therethrough, said coil being fixed in the diametrical center of a small, thin metal disk 3 of larger diameter than the length of the coil, and staple-like fastener 4 of soft, bendable wire extending through the coil, midway of its end, and through disk 3 centrally thereof. The coil l is fixed to the disk 3, and the fastener to the coil I, by soft solder 5, the fastener being extended through the coil 5 from the interior thereof and through disk 3 so that it provides a pair of bendable prongs 6 at the back of said disk. The manner in which the described device is used will be manifest. The device is attached in any desired position to the apparel, represented as at l, by inserting the prongs B through the apparel and clinching the same against the latter, the disk 3 providing a sufiiciently rigid backing to prevent the bulging of the garment or tearing thereof. The pencil 2 is then inserted in the coil l for 10 withdrawal when desired, the reaction of said coil frictionally holding said pencil in place in the same.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to impart a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly the invention, as described, is sus ceptible of modification without departing from the inventive concept and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of 20 the subjoined claims.

What I claim is:

1. A pencil holder for attachment to wearing apparel of a person comprising a disk of thin metal, a coil spring secured lengthwise to the 25 disk in the diametrical center thereof, and a pair of prongs extending from the disk for insertion through the apparel, said prongs being bendable to clinch the same against the apparel.

2. A pencil holder for attachment to wearing 3O apparel of a person comprising a disk of thin metal, a coil spring secured lengthwise to said disk in the diametrical center thereof, and a. staple-like fastener extending through said spring and disk and providing bendable prongs for insertion through and clinching to the apparel, said spring and fastener being soldered to said disk.

JOSEPH DANGELO. 

